Monthly Archives for: April, 2015

Networking–attending happy hours, scheduling informational interviews, nurturing lines of communication with contacts–is the road to future success. At least with my resume, blindly responding to job postings is not likely to lead anywhere. So I schedule meetings. I do so from my desk at home, in my pajamas. It’s worry free, perfunctory and as easy […]

I am a the seeker of employment. That is the best gloss I can spread across my situation and yet it still sounds like the title of a very bad movie with very lofty aspirations. Here in Washington, DC, one’s profession is not merely a description of who you are but an identity in itself. […]

Social Media may link you to friends you don’t have the energy or willingness to contact organically but it seems more a liability than helpful tool. Consider for a moment your simultaneous hatred and obsession with your gym-going, foodie-adventurer, somebody-save-me, right-wing nut, baby exploiting friends. You complain, you lash out–but you cannot look away and […]